speaker problem

[ern765]

I am running a ecs K7S5A MB with on board sound and win98.I hava two speakers and subwoofer.All of a sudden I have sound out of only one speaker,the one that is hooked up to the computer.I have checked all of the wiring and even hooked up different speakers.I am overlooking any possible solutions?Could it be the motherboard? thanks Rob

 

[jfunk]

No offense, but have you checked your volume control to make sure you don't have the balance set wrong or something?



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[ern765]

Where would the balance setting be?On the speakers themselves, because there is only a volume control on them that I see.Or on windows?

 

[Mitrich]

First of all be sure that the problem is in speakers. Try to plug headphones in line out of your souncard. If you hear only one channel - try to ajust balanse (in windows Volume Control) while playing microsoft sound
If you still have trouble - slightly shake or rotate headphone jack. If it is helpless - one channel on your soundcard is probably broken.
If both channels in headphones is audible, let's work with speakers. Plug speakers into any device such as cassete player and push the play button If both channels audible - ok. If no - headphones forever

 

[DaiShan]

in the task menu, there should be a little icon that looks like a speaker with sound coming out, check there and toggle the balance back to center, if that doesn't work download the latest audio driver for your mobo here

 

[ern765]

thanks for the help.One channel on the soundcard is broken.Can I put in a pci soundcard?If I can do I have to disable the onboard sound?
thanks